The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SOILS , but the solution may also be TARS which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in New York Times).
Besmirches crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SOILS | 31 % | 5 |
| TARS | 24 % | 4 |
| TAINTS | 20 % | 6 |
| STAINS | 8 % | 6 |
| SULLIES | 6 % | 7 |
| SMEARS | 4 % | 6 |
| DIRTIES | 4 % | 7 |
| DISCREDITS | 2 % | 10 |
| GIVESABADNAME | 2 % | 13 |
Why may TARS be the right solution?
The answer "TARS" is the right solution because "besmirches" is a clue that suggests staining or soiling something, and "TARS" refers to the act of covering or smearing with tar, which can indeed besmirch or stain an object.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Besmirches
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sully
- smirch
- smear
- asperse
- denigrate
- defame
- slander
- calumniate
- smears
- tarnishes
- impugns
- offends
Crossword Answer definitions
SOILS noun- A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- The unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
- The unconsolidated mineral or organic matter on the surface of the earth that has been subjected to and shows effects of genetic and environmental factors of: climate (including water and temperature effects), and macro- and microorganisms, conditioned by relief, acting on parent material over a period of time. A product-soil differs from the material from which it is derived in many physical, chemical, biological, and morphological properties and characteristics.
- Country or territory.
- That which soils or pollutes; a stain.
- A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge; hence, a wet place, stream, or tract of water, sought for by other game, as deer.
- Dung; compost; manure.
- Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes.
- A bag containing soiled items.
- To make dirty.
- To become dirty or soiled.
- To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.
- To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed.
- To make invalid, to ruin.
- To enrich with soil or muck; to manure.
- A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
- To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (such food having the effect of purging them), to purge by feeding on green food.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SOILS
- Disgraces
- Potting needs
- Garden varieties?
- Greenhouse stuff
- Ruins, as a reputation
- Renders unclean
- Potting mixtures
- Dirties
- Agronomists' concerns
- Besmirches
More clues leading to the result TARS
- Old salts
- Gives a tongue-lashing to
- Punishes publically
- Sailors
- Sea dogs
- Swabs
- Surfaces, as a road
- Salts
- Hold hands?
- Crew members
More clues leading to the result TAINTS
More clues leading to the result STAINS
- Washday woes
- Besmirches
- Spots
- They get taken to the cleaners
- Sign of a bib's use
- Laundry woes
- Discolorations
- Blemishes
- Laundry problems
- Dyes for wood
More clues leading to the result SULLIES
More clues leading to the result SMEARS
- Microscope-slide samples
- Lopsided victories
- Faulty applications?
- Bad-mouths
- Campaign materials?
- Slanders
- Campaign mud
- Defamations
- Vilifies
- Defames